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Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

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Placenta: The overlooked organ with a lifelong impact on your health

The placenta is an incredible organ that we grow for a short period of time, yet it has a surprising long-term influence on our health. Researchers are now developing tools to spot placenta problems and improve the lives of future babies

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Giving birth at an older age is linked to a longer life in women

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First over-the-counter birth control pill approved in the US

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Nerve pain from diabetes can be treated with faecal transplants

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (13842171a) Packages of prescribtion drugs Ozempic and Wegovy by Novo Nordisk sit on a table in Copenhagen, Denmark, 23 March 2023. US celebrities have credited their weight loss to the FDA-approved medications that are prescribed to treat Type 2 diabetes. Diabetes drugs used as slimming agent, Copenhagen, Denmark - 23 Mar 2023

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People think drugs like Wegovy are a quick fix. So what if they are?

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Oral bacteria. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of mixed oral bacteria. The mouth contains a large number of bacteria, most of which are harmless or even beneficial. However, some bacteria can cause throat infections or cause the formation of plaque deposits on the teeth, which may lead to decay. Magnification: x10000 at 10cm wide.

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Dark Matter review: The amazing story of the microbial world inside us

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Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young people

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Social media brings benefits as well as risks to young people

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Beyond Wegovy: Could the next wave of weight-loss drugs end obesity?

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Beyond Wegovy: Could the next wave of weight-loss drugs end obesity?

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People who microdose LSD sleep an extra 24 minutes the following night

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Rare embryo mutations may increase risk of developing schizophrenia

We know that genetic factors play the largest role in the risk of developing schizophrenia, but few of the genes involved have been identified. Now researchers have found relevant mutations that occur in embryos

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Early risers may be genetically less likely to get depression symptoms

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The high cost of CRISPR therapy will stop it getting to most patients

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How CRISPR therapy could cure everything from cancer to infertility

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Why so much medical care is years out of date – and how to fix it

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